account
/əˈkaʊnt/
noun
- A record of money received and spent, held by a bank or other financial institution.
- She checked her account balance online before making a purchase.
- The company's accounts show a profit this quarter.
- I opened a savings account at the local bank.
- A written or spoken report or description of an event or experience.
- Her account of the trip was full of funny stories.
- The newspaper published an account of the mayor's speech.
- The witness gave a detailed account of the accident.
- An arrangement with a company or website that allows you to use its services, often with a username and password.
- He forgot his password for his streaming account.
- You need a user account to log into the learning platform.
- I created a new email account for work.
- Importance or worth; a reason or basis for something.
- The project was cancelled on account of bad weather.
- On no account should you open the door to strangers.
- Don't worry on my account; I'll be fine.
Synonyms
verb
- To consider or regard in a specified way.
- He accounted himself lucky to have survived the storm.
- The discovery was accounted a major breakthrough.
- She is accounted a great leader by her team.
- To provide an explanation or reason for something.
- The teacher asked him to account for his absence.
- The storm accounts for the power outage.
- How do you account for the missing money?